Vocabulary
Bare
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of a person or part of the body) not clothed or covered.
Urdu meaning
ننگا، ننگے ہاتھ،
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Once again, cloudbursts and flash floods in KP and parts of Punjab have damaged infrastructure, displaced communities and laid bare the country`s deep vulnerability to climate change.
- This story also lays bare a sad truth: time and again, it is ordinary citizens not the state who shoulder the burden of rescue and survival.
- When the sugar inquiry report finally came out, it laid bare the scale of profiteering.
- Good journalism should, in theory, lay bare the power dynamics that have long existed in Pakistan.
- Flash floods in the twin cities over the past few days have once again laid bare this ugly reality.
Synonyms
naked, unclothed, undressed, uncovered, stripped, with nothing on,
Curator example
“he was bare from the waist up”
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